Berlin smart Grand Slam | 17 - 22 juin 2014

Press release

USA’s Bourne/Hyden and Czechs Kolocova/Slukova strike gold in Berlin

Berlin, Germany, June 22,
2014 - USA’s Tri Bourne and John Hyden and Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa
Slukova from the Czech Republic claimed the gold medals at the FIVB Beach Volleyball
World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam on Sunday.

Bourne and Hyden won their
first World Tour medal ever with a 2-0 win (21-17, 21-11) over fellow Americans
Ryan Doherty and Nick Lucena in the final on the Washingtonplatz centre court.

Kolocova and Slukova claimed
their second gold in one month after winning the Prague Open in May. In the
Berlin final they defeated Brazil’s Maria Antonelli and Juliana Felisberta da
Silva 2-1 (21-14, 18-21, 15-12).

The bronze medals went to
Brazil’s Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Alison Cerutti and Germany’s Karla Borger and
Britta Büthe.

USA’s Bourne/Hyden win first
World Tour gold in Berlin

Tri Bourne and John Hyden won
their first World Tour gold medal at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Berlin smart
Grand Slam on Sunday. They beat their fellow Americans Ryan Doherty and Nick
Lucena 2-0 (21-17, 21-11) in the final in the German capital. Read
more

Kolocova and Slukova crowned
as Berlin smart Grand Slam champions

Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa
Slukova won their second gold in only one month by winning the FIVB Beach
Volleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam on Sunday. The Czech team
defeated Brazil’s Maria Antonelli and Juliana Felisberta Da Silva 2-1 (21-14,
18-21, 15-12) in a very entertaining final. Read
more

The gold medal teams of the FIVB Berlin smart Grand
slam each earned $57,000, the silver $43,000, the bronze $32,000 and fourth
place $24,000.

Berlin hosted a World Tour
event for the 15th time for men and the 9th time for women. After two years at
the Olympic Park, the Berlin smart Grand Slam moved back to the city centre.

The centre court and the
second court were erected at the Washingtonplatz in front of the central train
station and another three courts were set up at the Beach Mitte beach club, 15
minutes down the road.

The Berlin smart Grand Slam
was the seventh event of the 2014 FIVB World Tour as well as the third of ten
double-gender FIVB Grand Slam tournaments currently on the 2014 calendar. Next stop on the World Tour is the Stavanger Grand
Slam (June 24-28).